Hans in the House - Week 5, 2024

Things are starting to heat up here at the Capitol! Bills are in motion and things are getting done. I am fighting hard for the GREAT District 25 on issues both big and small!

FUNNEL WEEK

It’s crunch time up here in the House! We are now in what is referred to as “Funnel Week”. Unfortunately, it’s not as fun as a funnel cake, but it’s still interesting and important to know.
So what is Funnel Week? Funnel Week is the last week that a bill could be approved by a committee and remain eligible for consideration to be brought to the House Floor. While the bills that do not meet this deadline are considered “dead", it doesn’t mean that their content is completely out of consideration for the rest of the session. Legislation that involves spending or tax and government oversight components are exempt from the funnel and in addition the language from the bills that did not make the deadline can be added on as amendments to other bills or be brought up as leadership-sponsored legislation.

MEET A PAGE!

Meet Cory! He is currently a junior in high school and he lives in Grimes, IA. He is one of the pages up here at the Capitol.
The reason why he wanted to be a page is because he wants to teach political science and history and he felt that this would be a good opportunity to see both of them first hand.
As a page, he has several duties that he attends to each day. These include handing out bills and other literature to the Representatives, working in the mailroom, forwarding voicemail messages to Representatives from the switch board, as well as running the live stream for various meetings.
Out of all of these responsibilities, Cory says that being able to attend the committee meetings to run the live stream is his favorite thing to do because there are a lot of interesting things that go on there. Things would not run as smoothly here without pages like Cory putting in the work to keep the ball rolling!

VALENTINE’S DAY

As some of you may know, my family business is a flower shop called Edd the Florist based out of Ottumwa. Obviously, the week of Valentine’s is a particularly busy one for me with this business, so this week I spent a couple days at the flower shop to make sure that my community is cared for.
Edd the Florist is a real testament to the American dream. The family-owned shop was first purchased by my parents in 1956. My mother, Margaret Wilz, immigrated to the United States from Germany at 17 years old, followed by her husband and my father, Karl. They traveled by train from New York through Chicago and finally to Ottumwa in search of where to begin building a new life together.
Once there, they bought a flower business called Edd the Florist. They couldn't afford a new sign, so they kept the name and got to work establishing strong family and community ties. For more than half a century, my family has dedicated themselves to the flower shop as well as the community of Ottumwa. The business remains in the Wilz family today as my family and I continue to run the shop.
Under my leadership, the flower shop has also grown to include one-of-a-kind gifts, including gourmet food items, candies, candles, bags, and more. If you’re ever in the neighborhood, I would highly encourage you to swing on by and say hi!

THANK YOU!!

A huge thank you to all those who wrote me a letter on the AEAs! It means a lot to me to hear your opinions on the issue!

Please join me at www.wilzforiowa.com and on Facebook at Hans for Iowa House District 25 to stay up to date on everything I’m doing!

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